Fuel exhaustion caused the engine to stop, requiring the pilot to carry out a forced landing onto the delaCapitale highway. The pilot did not use the Cessna172 flight manual to plan the amount of fuel required for his cross-country flight; he thought he had enough fuel to fly from Rivire-du-Loup to Qubec.Findings as to Causes and Contributing Factors Fuel exhaustion caused the engine to stop, requiring the pilot to carry out a forced landing onto the delaCapitale highway. The pilot did not use the Cessna172 flight manual to plan the amount of fuel required for his cross-country flight; he thought he had enough fuel to fly from Rivire-du-Loup to Qubec.